06-01-2009
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Originally Posted by
fpmurphy
The size of the executable will generally be smaller with dynamic memory allocation.
Does that include stack allocation as in the example? Didn't think it had to put that in any data segment the way it would with globals.
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array(3) Library Functions Manual array(3)
NAME
array - The array library interface
SYNTAX
#include <array.h>
DESCRIPTION
An allocated array variable keeps track of
o a (nonzero) pointer to a dynamically allocated region of memory;
o the number of bytes allocated (always positive); and
o the number of bytes initialized (between 0 and the number of bytes allocated).
There are two other possibilities for the state of an array variable: unallocated and failed. In both cases, there is no dynamically allo-
cated region of memory.
A new array variable is normally created as a static variable:
#include "array.h"
static array x;
At this point it is unallocated. The array library provides various allocation and inspection functions.
A new array variable can also be created dynamically. It must be initialized to all-0, meaning unallocated, before it is given to any of
the array functions. It must be returned to the unallocated (or failed) state, for example with array_reset, before it is destroyed. These
rules prevent all memory leaks.
Expansion and inspection
array x;
t* p1 = array_allocate(&x,sizeof(t),pos);
t* p2 = array_get(&x,sizeof(t),pos);
t* p3 = array_start(&x);
int64 len = array_length(&x,sizeof(t));
int64 bytes = array_bytes(&x);
Truncation and deallocation
array x;
array_truncate(&x,sizeof(t),len);
array_trunc(&x);
array_reset(&x);
array_fail(&x);
Comparison
array x;
array y;
if (array_equal(&x,&y))
/* arrays are equal... */
Concatenation
array x;
array y;
array_cat(&x,&y);
array_catb(&x,"fnord",5);
array_cats(&x,"fnord");
array_cats0(&x,"fnord"); /* also append the */
array_cat0(&x); /* append */
array_cate(&x,"fnord",1,4); /* append "nor" */
ORIGINAL API DEFINITION
http://cr.yp.to/lib/array.html
SEE ALSO
array_get(3), array_start(3), array_fail(3)
array(3)